April 1, 2009

Tiny LEGO theater has a working mechanical projector

There’s hardly anything you can’t build with LEGO. This construction by Ricardo Oliviera beats even the LEGO Taj Mahal — it’s a mini-theater that can actually project film on its minuscule screen.

Check out the gallery and you’ll see the model’s intricate detail, including cup holders, seat numbers, and sconces on the walls. While its three-frame-per-second frame rate isn’t quite the traditional 24fps of film, it’s way-cool nonetheless. Creating content for it could be the beginning of a whole new art form.